@article{Tegeler:316416,
      recid = {316416},
      author = {Tegeler, Henrietta Holm},
      title = {Cyprus' Agricultural Economy in Brief},
      address = {1966-07},
      number = {1485-2021-3265},
      series = {ERS-Foreign 159},
      pages = {20},
      year = {1966},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report Summary:  After more than 40  centuries of rule by other nations, Cyprus achieved  independence in August 1960.  Now the island is in a period  of transition that requires substantial adjustment in its  economy.  A continuing problem is the support of its  predominantly rural population with a limited land area  that is not abundant in natural resources for agriculture.   Virtually all cultivable land already is under cultivation.   Except for possible extended use of rough land for  pastures, the land for agriculture can be increased by no  more than 5 percent by drainage and other reclamation  practices.  The population now on the land is larger than  can be efficiently employed.  Although manpower  requirements for agriculture have declined recently as  mechanization has increased, over two-fifths of the  gainfully employed labor force is engaged in farming  activities that together ordinarily bring in less than  one-fifth of the gross national product (GNP).},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/316416},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.316416},
}